dailydatewithgod

It has been my experience that walking a spiritual path is about continually letting go, a releasing of everything we know and understand and believe and experience.  In stands in direct contrast to the physical world which is all about possessing and getting and earning and building, etc.  It doesn’t mean that we all have to get rid of all our possessions and live as beggars do on the street, though that may be the path of some.  More often I find God calling me to be willing to release my “understanding” or ideas about an area of my life.  Letting go of old beliefs or at least being willing to look at them and determine if they are worth holding on to.  Many beliefs (which are repeated ideas) are passed on to us but we don’t stop to question if they are truly ones that resonate with who we are being today.  Its like the story of the girl who asks her mom why she cuts the ends off the ham each Christmas and her mom tells her it’s because it is what her mom did. So the daughter goes to her grandma and asks her why she did it and she says because her mom did.  Lastly the girl goes to her great-grandmother and asks why she cuts the ends off the ham for Christmas dinner each year and the great-grandmother explains that if she didn’t it would have never fit in the oven that she had.  How many ideas do we have because they were passed down by people who had smaller ovens than we have now?  My prayer for us today is that we be open to being willing to let go of an idea by questioning whether it still works for us today.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen